12 Nov Food Retail Carriers Anticipate High-Demand Holiday Season The food retail sector and fleets that support it are headed for a particularly busy holiday season, experts say. Read more...
10 Nov Holiday Ramp-Up Portends Glad Tidings for Trucking A leading supply chain economist and data from a trucking industry research company show warehouses are filling up in advance of what could be a very busy holiday season. Read more...
10 Nov GAO Overturns Award of $19.9 Billion Global Military Moving Contract The U.S. Government Accountability Office has overturned the award of a potential nine-year, $19.9 billion contract to a New Jersey company for moving military household goods worldwide. Read more...
10 Nov Carriers Highlight Industry Issues Persisting After Volatile Year Trucking companies detailed the market challenges that persist in the waning weeks of 2020 during a three-day conference on economic trends. Read more...
10 Nov Mitch McConnell Moves to Avoid US Shutdown With Spending Bills Senate Republicans released 12 bills to fund the government through next September, the first move toward negotiations with House Democrats that will be vital to avoid a federal shutdown in December. Read more...
10 Nov New York Completes Bridge Project to Prevent Truck Strikes New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced the completion of a bridge replacement project that is meant to prevent bridge strikes by providing higher clearance for vehicles, including trucks. Read more...
10 Nov VTNA D13 Turbo Compound Engine Now Standard in Three Models Volvo Trucks North America announced it made the latest generation D13 turbo compound engine standard in all VNL 740, 760 and 860 models. Read more...
10 Nov Eaton Assesses 3D Printing for Production Parts Eaton Corp. is evaluating 3D printing technology that could broaden the power management company’s application of it to include production parts, an executive said. Read more...
10 Nov Ford Announces Michigan Investments, Plans to Debut New Electric Van Ford’s newest electric vehicle — a commercial van called the E-Transit — will be unveiled by the company Nov. 12, assembled at Ford’s Kansas City, Mo., plant and be available by late 2021. Read more...
10 Nov GM’s Cruise, Walmart Team Up for Driverless Delivery Walmart Inc. is about to team up with Cruise, the self-driving car unit majority-owned by General Motors Co., to experiment with delivering customer orders using driverless vehicles. Read more...